Hard-boiled Detective

The hard-boiled detective subgenre features gritty, realistic, and often morally complex narratives centered around tough and cynical protagonists. These stories typically take place in urban settings and delve into the darker aspects of society, including crime, corruption, and moral ambiguity.

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1. Greylock

Mar 12, 2023  •  TV Shows
In the USA, strange creatures and strange discoveries, give birth to cryptic mysteries and mass murders around the town. Including a strange company that wants to change the world in strange ways.
7.8
Generally favorable

2. The Glass Cage

Feb 5, 1964  •  TV Shows
Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.
6.4
Generally favorable

3. The Show

Oct 17, 2021  •  TV Shows
A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and violent chiaroscuro women.
5.7
Mixed or average

4. Alphaville

May 4, 1965  •  TV Shows
An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
7
Generally favorable

5. Insomnia

May 23, 2002  •  TV Shows
Will Dormer, a police detective, is sent to investigate a teenage girl's murder to a small fishing town where he accidentally shoots his co-detective and is afflicted by insomnia brought by the guilt.
7.2
Generally favorable

6. Chinatown

Jun 19, 1974  •  TV Shows
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
8.1
Generally favorable

7. In a Lonely Place

Jul 31, 1950  •  TV Shows
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
7.9
Generally favorable

8. The Third Man

Jan 31, 1950  •  TV Shows
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
8.1
Generally favorable

9. Nestor Burma

Sep 28, 1991  •  TV Shows
Nestor Burma (Guy Marchand) is a cynical private detective, a serial monogamist, and an inveterate saxophone player. Burma investigates murders, missing persons, and kidnapping and extortion cases in every arrondissement of The City of Light. It's a tough job, but Burma's just the man for it--with more than a little help from his lovelorn secretary Hélène and his cat Rifif.
7.2
Generally favorable

10. Man in a Suitcase

Sep 26, 1967  •  TV Shows
Mac, an ex-intelligence agent wrongfully dismissed, takes on private investigations across Europe while seeking to clear his name. His notorious reputation follows him as he solves intriguing cases, navigating his way back to redemption.
7.6
Generally favorable

11. Mike Hammer, Private Eye

Sep 27, 1997  •  TV Shows
Stacy Keach's original portrayal of the title character is revived with a new Velda and a different cop as his friend. Mike's cases are arranged to reflect the times of the late '90's.
7.1
Generally favorable

12. Fallen Angels

Jul 31, 1993  •  TV Shows
Fallen Angels is an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran in 1993 and 1995 on Showtime, and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.
6.5
Generally favorable

13. The Dain Curse

May 21, 1978  •  TV Shows
Private eye investigates diamond theft, and becomes involved with an ancient family curse.
6.5
Generally favorable

14. The New Mike Hammer

Jan 25, 1984  •  TV Shows
The cases of Mickey Spillane's classic private eye character.
6.8
Generally favorable

15. Good Morning, Verônica

Sep 30, 2020  •  TV Shows
After witnessing a suicide, an unobtrusive police clerk decides to investigate two neglected cases on her own, both involving abused women.
7.4
Generally favorable
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